Shade and curtain hanger



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SHADE AND CURTAIN HANGER.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE I1, I919.

Patented Jan. 13, 1920.

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DAVID JOSEPH DORSEY, 0F BATON ROUGE, LOUISIANA.

SHADE AND CURTAIN HANGER.

Application filed June 17, 1919.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, DAVID J. DORSEY, a citizen of the United States, residing at Baton Rouge, in the county of East Baton Rouge, State of Louisiana, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Shade and Curtain Hangers; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same. 1

This invention relates to new and useful im rovements in shade and curtain hangers.

8116 object of the present invention is to provide a novel and improved device of this character by means'of which the shade and curtain can be easily and quickly hung in position or removed from the window frame without the use of a ladder, chair, or other elevated device.

Another object of the invention is to provide a novel and improved structure of the said character by means of which the shade can be moved bodily to any height with respect to the window frame.

7 Other objects and advantages will be apparent from the following description when taken in connection with the accompanying drawing.

In the drawing:

Figure 1 is an elevation of the device in proper position on the window frame.

Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional view taken on the line 2-2 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is a top plan view of the device.

Fig. 4 is a horizontal transverse sectional view taken on the line l4 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 5 is an enlarged vertical sectional view taken on the line 55 of Fig. 1, the intermediate portion being broken away.

Fig. 6 is an enlarged horizontal sectional view taken on the line 66 of Fig. 1, showing the lower brackets for the vertical side bars 13.

Fig. 7 is a front elevation, similar to Fig. 1, but showing a modification in the arrangement and construction of the operating levers and pawls.

Fig. 8 is a horizontal sectional view taken on the line 88 of Fig. 7, showing the arrangement of the lever and pawl, with respect to the bar 13.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, and especially to Figs. 1 to 6, 10 represents the vertical side stiles and 11 the upper Specification of Iletters Patent.

Patented Jan.13, 1920;.

Serial No. 304,768.

transverse member or heading of the window frame, in connection with which my invention is used.

Secured to each end of the front face of the heading 11 is a socket member 12. Disposed vertically in spaced relation outwardly from the front faces of the side stiles 10 are the bars 13, each having a series of ratchet notches 14: along its outer edge. The upper end of each of the bars is bent to form a hook 15. which is engaged in one of the socket members 12. Secured to the lower portion of each of the stiles 10 is a bracket 16 which has an outwardly extending bifurcated portion 17 for the reception of the lower reduced and threaded end of one of the bars 13, a winged nut 18 being engaged onthe said end, below the bifurcation, for holding the rod therein and at the same time drawing the rod or bar downwardly to insure the retention of the hook 15 in the socket 12. Thus the bars are held against vertical or lateral movement and in firm and rigid position with respect to the window frame, and in parallel relation to each other.

Disposed transversely of the upper portions of the bars 13 is a member 19 the end of which extend short distances beyond the sides of the bars, and rotatably mounted on this member and engaging with the opposite vertical edges of the bars, are the rollers 20, a plate 21 being secured to each end of the member, outwardly of the bar 13 to retain the rollers in engagement with the bars. Pivotally connected to each end of the member 19 is a downwardly extending lever 22,

each carrying a projection 23 engaged with the adjacent edge face of a bar 13 and arranged to engage in the notches thereof. Coil springs 24:, connected at their ends to the member 19 and to the levers 22, hold the levers normally in a position such that the projections thereof will be pressed firmly against the edge faces of the bars. By swinging these levers on their pivots, against the tension of the'springs, the projections will be released from the notches and the member 19 raised or lowered, upon pushing upwardly or pulling downwardly on said levers.

Secured to and depending from each end of the member 19, inwardly of the bars 13, is a bracket 24, said brackets being formed, on their lower ends for the reception of the pintles of the ends of the shade roller 25.

Extending outwardly from the upper end of each of the bars 13 is a curtain pole supporting bracket 26, for the curtain pole 27.

As clearly seenin Fig. 1, the lower ends of the bars 13 are secured at points on the window frame approximately midway of the height thereof, and secured to and extending outwardly from the said ends of the bars, immediately above the brackets 16, for the support of a half curtain pole or cord are the eyes 16'.

It will thus be seen that by engaging the hookedends of the bars 13 in the socket members at the top of the Window frame, and then securing the lower ends of the bars in the bifurcations of the lower brackets, the said bars can be placed in position on the window frame without the necessity of a chair, ladder or means to secure the elevation of the person. To removethe entire fixture, it is only necessary to loosen the wingedrnuts, and then lift the bars, with all of the attached parts, from the window.

frame.

When it is desiredto lower the shade, to

permit entrance of air over the upper open sash of the window, the levers are swung on their pivots to disengage their projections from the notches of the bars, and the member 19, with theshade thereon, lowered to the desired position. When the desiredpo- .sition is reached, the levers are permitted to swing outwardly, under the influence of the springs 24-, when the projections of the levers will engage in corresponding notches of thebars 13 and hold the parts in such position until. .itris desired to raise the shade again.

In Figs. land 8 there is shown a modification of the lever and pawl which engages with the bar. In this form the upper ends of the bars 13 carry bolts 28 which engage inlongitndinal.slots29 in the'ends of a bar I 30 disposed above the bar 19. A member .31 has one end bifurcated and disposed in straddling relation to the bar 13' and the endof the member 19, the legs of said bifurcation being pivoted to the said member 19.

Disposed vertically between each end of the member .19 :and .its end plate 21, is the upper. end of the modified form of lifting lever, shown at 32. The upper end of the ries a nut, while below the said members the lever has a bearing plate 33, against which the upper end of a coil spring 34: bears. This spring is disposed in encircling engagement with the lever and bears with its lower end against the outer horizontal p0rtion of the member 31, and through which the lever is slidably disposed. It will be noted that the bight portion 35 of each of the members 31 bears frictionally against the edges of the vertical members 13, and that the springs 34 exert a canting action on the said members so that said bigot portions will be forced into one or another of the notches when the members are slipped along the members 13. By an outward rocking movement of the lever the member 31 will be disengaged from the notch of the member 13, to permit the member 19 to be moved vertically on the members 13, to the height desired. Upon release of the lever it will be moved by the spring to rengage its vbight portion with a notch.

What is claimed is:

A shade and curtain hanger including vertical parallel bars having notchesin their outer vertical edges, socket members carried by the upper portion of the window frame, the upper ends of said bars being formed for engagement in said socket members, bifurcated brackets on the lower portion ofthe window frame, the lower ends .of the bars being threaded and removably engageable in said bifurcations, clamping nuts .on said threaded ends for engagement with said bifurcations, a transverse member disposed between said bars, bar engaging rollers on the said transverse member, shade supporting means on the member, and movable spring urged levers carried by the trans verse member and having meansfor engage ment within the notches to hold the said member at different elevations on .said bars.

In testimony whereof, I 'afiix my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

DAVID JOSEPH DORSEY. Witnesses F. A. .LANDRY, FRED G. BENTON.

lever, above the members 19 and 21, car- 

